MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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